"No Ordinary Morning / Halcyon ""No Ordinary Morning"" / ""Halcyon"" is a double A-side single by the British electronic dance music artist Chicane. It was released as the fourth single from his second studio album, ""Behind the Sun"" on 10 July 2000. The single reached number twenty-eight on the UK Singles Chart. ""No Ordinary Morning"" features the vocals of Tracy Ackerman and is co-written by Ray Hedges. ""Halcyon"" refers to ""Halcyon"", a genus of kingfishers (specifically, those of the Halcyonidae family) in scientific classification, as is evident by the opening moments of the song, where a kingfisher's call is heard"
"artist William John Swainson in 1821. ""Halcyon"" is a name for a bird in Greek mythology generally associated with the kingfisher. The specific epithet ""pileata"" is from the Latin ""pileatus"" meaning ""-capped"". The species is monotypic. This kingfisher is about long. The adult has a purple-blue wings and back, black head and shoulders, white neck collar and throat, and rufous underparts. The large bill and legs are bright red. In flight, large white patches or ""mirrors"" at the base of the primaries are visible on the blue and black wings. Sexes are similar, but juveniles are a duller version of"
"desert, serving as inspiration for their daily creative explorations in the studio. Halcyon is the ancient Greek name for a bird now believed to be the kingfisher. In Greek Mythology Alcyone was a queen whose husband Ceyx was killed when his ship was lost at sea. She was overcome by grief and tried to drown herself, but the gods took pity on her and transformed her into a kingfisher. In the myth, the seas are calmed during a two-week period surrounding the winter solstice, when Alcyon’s descendants lay their eggs on the still water. This period is known as the"
"Hydrocynus Hydrocynus is a genus of large characin fish in the family Alestidae commonly called ""tigerfish,"" endemic to the African continent. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (""water"") + κύων (""dog""). (In fact, this fish is popularly referred to as ""poisson chien"" (dog fish) in French-speaking West Africa.) The genus contains five species, all popularly known as ""African Tigerfish"" for their fierce predatory behaviour and other characteristics that make them excellent game fish. ""Hydrocynus"" are normally ""piscivorous"" but ""H. vittatus"" is the only freshwater fish proven to prey on birds in flight. The earliest fossils which have"
"refers to the winds and sea in naming kingfishers after a classical Greek myth. The first pair of the mythical-bird Halcyon (kingfishers) were created from a marriage of Alcyone and Ceyx. As gods, they lived the sacrilege of referring to themselves as Zeus and Hera. They died for this, but the other gods, in an act of compassion, made them into birds, thus restoring them to their original seaside habitat. In addition, special ""halcyon days"" were granted. These are the seven days on either side of the winter solstice when storms shall never again occur for them. The Halcyon birds'"
"Helicon family of butterflies. In the streams of the gardens is home to two varieties of carp, the gin rin koi and butterfly koi, and the albino oscar. All over the gardens, there are different kinds of birds. Some of them share the air and fly amongst the butterflies, some swim in the streams with the fish. The birds of the gardens are popular attractions, because of their antics and behaviours that raises the entertainment value for the visitors. The most popular birds in the gardens are Leo the orange-winged amazon parrot, and Mango and Houdini, the Caribbean flamingos, whom"
"recovered from Early Oligocene deposits in the Mainz basin, Germany, and was described in 2006 by Gerald Mayr. The genus name ""Pandion"" derives from the mythical Greek king of Athens and grandfather of Theseus, Pandion II. Although Pandion II was not used to name a bird of prey, Nisus, a king of Megara, was used for the genus. The species name ""haliaetus"" comes from Ancient Greek ""haliaietos"" from ""hali-"" , ""sea-"" and ""aetos"" , ""eagle"". The origins of ""osprey"" are obscure; the word itself was first recorded around 1460, derived via the Anglo-French ""ospriet"" and the Medieval Latin ""avis prede"""
"Heliconia Heliconia, derived from the Greek word (), is a genus of flowering plants in the family Heliconiaceae. Most of the ca 194 known species are native to the tropical Americas, but a few are indigenous to certain islands of the western Pacific and Maluku. Many species of ""Heliconia"" are found in the tropical forests of these regions. Several species are widely cultivated as ornamentals, and a few are naturalized in Florida, Gambia and Thailand. Common names for the genus include lobster-claws, toucan peak, wild plantains or false bird-of-paradise. The last term refers to their close similarity to the bird-of-paradise"
"latter a form of the word ""halcyon"", meaning ""kingfisher"". French ornithologist Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot assigned it to the large jacamar genus ""Galbula"" when he established a scientific name for it in 1817, naming it ""Galbula tridactyla"". In 1830, French ornithologist René Primevère Lesson created the genus ""Jacamaralcyon"", separating the three-toed jacamar from other jacamar species on the basis of its unusual foot structure; the genus name is a nod to Levaillant's earlier common name for the bird. The specific name ""tridactyla"" is a combination of the Greek words ""tri"", meaning ""three"" and ""dactulos"", meaning ""toes"". Like all members of"
"publications had previously suggested. The genus ""Calliope"" was introduced by the English ornithologist John Gould in 1836. ""Calliope"", from classical Greek meaning beautiful-voiced, was one of the muses in Greek mythology and presided over eloquence and heroic poetry. The genus contains the following five species: Calliope (genus) Calliope is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The species were previously placed in the genus ""Luscinia"". A large molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that ""Luscinia"" as defined in 2003 by Edward C. Dickinson was not monophyletic. The genus ""Calliope"", with the type species, ""Calliope"
"Halcyon (dialogue) Halcyon () is a short dialogue with the distinction of being attributed in the manuscripts to both Plato and Lucian, although the work is not by either writer. Favorinus, writing in the early 2nd century, attributes it to a certain Leon. In the dialogue, Socrates relates to Chaerephon the ancient myth of Halcyon, a woman who was transformed by the gods into a bird in order to be able to search the seas for her husband Ceyx, who was lost at sea. Skeptical of this account, Chaerephon questions the possibility that humans can be transformed into birds. In"
"Lycaon (genus) Lycaon is a genus of canid. There are two known species: the extant ""Lycaon pictus"", a canid with common names including ""African wild dog"", ""painted dog"", ""ornate wolf"", and ""African hunting dog""; and the extinct, less cursorial ""Lycaon sekowei"", known from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of South Africa. This hypercarnivorous and highly cursorial genus is distinguished by accessory cusps on the premolars. It branched off from the wolf-like canids lineage during the Plio-Pleistocene. Since then, ""Lycaon"" has become lighter and tetradactyl, but has remained hypercarnivorous. Some authors consider the extinct ""Canis"" subgenus ""Xenocyon"" as ancestral to both ""Lycaon"""
"Heliconius Heliconius comprises a colorful and widespread genus of brush-footed butterflies commonly known as the longwings or heliconians. This genus is distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the New World, from South America as far north as the southern United States. The larvae of these butterflies eat passion flower vines (Passifloraceae). Adults exhibit bright wing color patterns to signal their distastefulness to potential predators. Brought to the forefront of scientific attention by Victorian naturalists, these butterflies exhibit a striking diversity and mimicry, both amongst themselves and with species in other groups of butterflies and moths. The study of"
"compassion, the gods changed them both into halcyon birds. It is said that the halcyon birds build their nests when the water is calm since both of them died at sea. Ovid and Hyginus both also recount the metamorphosis of the pair in and after Ceyx's loss in a storm, though they both omit Ceyx and Alcyone calling each other Zeus and Hera – and Zeus's resulting anger – as a reason for it. They both also make the metamorphosis the origin of the etymology for ""halcyon days"", the seven days in winter when storms never occur. They state that"
"the family was introduced (as Alcedia) by the French polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1815. It is divided into three subfamilies, the tree kingfishers (Halcyoninae), the river kingfishers (Alcedininae) and the water kingfishers (Cerylinae). The name Daceloninae is sometimes used for the tree kingfisher subfamily but it was introduced by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1841 while Halcyoninae introduced by Nicholas Aylward Vigors in 1825 is earlier and has priority. A few taxonomists elevate the three subfamilies to family status. In spite of the word ""kingfisher"" in their English vernacular names, many of these birds are not specialist fish-eaters; none of"
"Galliformes Galliformes is an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkey, grouse, chicken, New World quail and Old World quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, francolin, junglefowl and the Cracidae. The name derives from ""gallus"", Latin for ""cock"" or ""rooster"". Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds, or galliforms. ""Wildfowl"" or just ""fowl"" are also often used for the Galliformes, but usually these terms also refer to waterfowl (Anseriformes), and occasionally to other commonly hunted birds. This group has about 290 species, one or more of which are found in essentially every part of the world's continents (except for"
"Procyon (genus) Procyon is a genus of nocturnal mammals, comprising three species commonly known as raccoons, in the family Procyonidae. The most familiar species, the common raccoon (""P. lotor""), is often known simply as ""the"" raccoon, as the two other raccoon species in the genus are native only to the tropics and less well known. Genetic studies have shown that the closest relatives of raccoons are the ring-tailed cats and cacomistles of genus ""Bassariscus"", from which they diverged about 10 million years ago. Raccoons are unusual, for their thumbs (though not opposable) enable them to open many closed containers (such"
"been reported. These cover species under several families such as: thirteen of Anatidae, one of Numididae (helmeted guineafowl ""Numida meleagris""), six of Phasianidae, one of Podicipedidae, two of Ciconiidae, one of Anhingidae (African darter ""Anhinga rufa""), one of Pelecanidae (great white pelican ""Pelecanus onocrotalus""), one of Scopidae (hamerkop ""Scopus umbretta""), seventeen of Ardeidae, five of Threskiornithidae, one of family Pandionidae (osprey ""Pandion haliaetus""), thirty-nine of Accipitridae (mostly eagles, vultures and hawks), one of Sagittariidae (secretary-bird ""Sagittarius serpentarius""), eleven of ""Falconidae"", nine of Rallidae, one of Rallidae (African finfoot ""Podica senegalensis""), six of Otididae, one of Gruidae (black crowned-crane ""Balearica pavonina""),"
"Hylocereus Hylocereus is a genus of cacti, often referred to as night-blooming cactus (though the term is also used for many other cacti). Several species have large edible fruits, which are known as pitahayas or dragonfruits. Whether ""Hylocereus"" is a distinct genus is uncertain . In the classification of the International Cactaceae Systematics Group of the International Organization for Succulent Plant Study, the genus ""Hylocereus"" is one of the six genera of the tribe Hylocereeae. In this classification, the genus ""Wilmattea"" is included in ""Hylocereus"". A 2011 study of the molecular phylogeny of the Cactaceae concluded that neither the tribe"
"Grey-headed kingfisher The grey-headed kingfisher (""Halcyon leucocephala"") has a wide distribution from the Cape Verde Islands off the north-west coast of Africa to Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia, east to Ethiopia, Somalia and southern Arabia and south to South Africa. The first formal description of the grey-headed kingfisher was by the German zoologist Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller in 1776. He coined the binomial name ""Alcedo leucocephala"". The current genus ""Halcyon"" was introduced by the English naturalist and artist William John Swainson in 1821. The name of the genus is from the classical Greek ""alkuōn"", a mythical bird, generally associated with the"
"is on the ground. Four to six whitish eggs are laid. Pallid harrier The pale or pallid harrier (""Circus macrourus"") is a migratory bird of prey of the harrier family. The scientific name is derived from the Ancient Greek. ""Circus"" is from ""kirkos"", referring to a bird of prey named for its circling flight (""kirkos"", ""circle""), probably the hen harrier and ""macrourus"" is ""long-tailed"", from ""makros"", ""long"" and ""-ouros"" ""-tailed"". It breeds in southern parts of eastern Europe and central Asia (such as Iran) and winters mainly in India and southeast Asia. It is a very rare vagrant to Great"
"and ""Cuon"". Lycaon (genus) Lycaon is a genus of canid. There are two known species: the extant ""Lycaon pictus"", a canid with common names including ""African wild dog"", ""painted dog"", ""ornate wolf"", and ""African hunting dog""; and the extinct, less cursorial ""Lycaon sekowei"", known from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of South Africa. This hypercarnivorous and highly cursorial genus is distinguished by accessory cusps on the premolars. It branched off from the wolf-like canids lineage during the Plio-Pleistocene. Since then, ""Lycaon"" has become lighter and tetradactyl, but has remained hypercarnivorous. Some authors consider the extinct ""Canis"" subgenus ""Xenocyon"" as ancestral to"
"other birds of prey, the horusornithids would rather be basal relatives of hawks that somewhat resembled falcons due to convergent evolution. Horusornithidae The Horusornithidae are a prehistoric family of birds of prey. They are part of the Accipitriformes. Their name means ""Horus-birds"": the Egyptian god Horus was sometimes depicted as a falcon. Horusornis vianeyliaudae is the only known species. It lived approximately at the end of the Eocene, some 35 mya in what today is France. Its fossils were found in Quercy. The relationships between falcons and other birds of prey (such as hawks and eagles) are not resolved to"
"The genus, ""Pandion"", is the sole member of the family Pandionidae, and used to contain only one species, the osprey (""P. haliaetus""). The genus ""Pandion"" was described by the French zoologist Marie Jules César Savigny in 1809. Most taxonomic authorities consider the species cosmopolitan and conspecific. A few authorities split the osprey into two species, the western osprey and the eastern osprey. The osprey differs in several respects from other diurnal birds of prey. Its toes are of equal length, its tarsi are reticulate, and its talons are rounded, rather than grooved. The osprey and owls are the only raptors"
"Luscinia Luscinia is a genus of smallish passerine birds, containing the nightingales and relatives. Formerly classed as members of the thrush family Turdidae, they are now considered to be Old World flycatchers (Muscicapidae) of the chat subfamily (Saxicolinae). The chats are a lineage of Old World flycatchers that has evolved convergently to thrushes. The word ""Luscinia"" was used for nightingales and similar birds in Classical Latin (e.g. in the AD 70s ""Naturalis Historia"" by Pliny the Elder), if not earlier. Etymologically, it might be derived from ""luscus"" (Latin for ""half-blind"", ""half-understood"" etc.) or ""clueō"" (Latin for ""to be well-known"") +"
"Laughing falcon The laughing falcon (""Herpetotheres cachinnans""), also called the snake hawk (erroneously, since it is not a hawk), is a medium-sized bird of prey in the falcon family (Falconidae), the only member of the genus Herpetotheres. This Neotropical species is a specialist snake-eater. Its common and scientific names both refer to its distinctive voice. Its English name comes from its loud voice, as does the specific name ""cachinnans"", Latin for ""laughing aloud"" or ""laughing immoderately"". The generic name ""Herpetotheres"" refers to its preferred food; it is Latinized Ancient Greek, derived from ""[h]erpeton"" (ἑρπετόν, ""reptile"") + ""therizein"" (θερίζειν, ""to mow"
"(Late Miocene of Polgardi, Hungary) ""Luscinia pliocaenica"" (Pliocene of Beremend, Hungary) Luscinia Luscinia is a genus of smallish passerine birds, containing the nightingales and relatives. Formerly classed as members of the thrush family Turdidae, they are now considered to be Old World flycatchers (Muscicapidae) of the chat subfamily (Saxicolinae). The chats are a lineage of Old World flycatchers that has evolved convergently to thrushes. The word ""Luscinia"" was used for nightingales and similar birds in Classical Latin (e.g. in the AD 70s ""Naturalis Historia"" by Pliny the Elder), if not earlier. Etymologically, it might be derived from ""luscus"" (Latin for"
"Delichon Delichon is a small genus of passerine birds that belongs to the swallow family and contains three species named as house martins. These are chunky, bull-headed and short-tailed birds, blackish-blue above with a contrasting white rump, and with white or grey underparts. They have feathering on the toes and tarsi that is characteristic of this genus. The house martins are closely related to other swallows that build mud nests, particularly the ""Hirundo"" barn swallows. They breed only in Europe, Asia and the mountains of North Africa. Two species, the common and Asian house martins, migrate south in winter, while"
"the other genera that have not been proposed to be merged into an extended """"Malimbus"""" are monophyletic, the following (incomplete) tree expresses current insights. The genus contains 64 species. <br> Ploceus Ploceus is a genus of birds in the weaver family, Ploceidae. They are native to the Indomalayan and Afrotropical realms. The genus ""Ploceus"" was introduced by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1816. The type species was subsequently designated as the baya weaver. The genus name is from Ancient Greek πλοκευς ""plokeus"" meaning ""weaver"", and is derived from the Greek word πλεκω ""plekō"" ""to entwine"". Based on recent DNA-analysis,"
"Calliope (genus) Calliope is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The species were previously placed in the genus ""Luscinia"". A large molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that ""Luscinia"" as defined in 2003 by Edward C. Dickinson was not monophyletic. The genus ""Calliope"", with the type species, ""Calliope calliope"", was reinstated to accommodate a well-defined clade. Although the blackthroat (""Calliope obscura"") had not been included in the 2010 phylogenetic analysis, a subsequent study found that the firethroat and the blackthroat were sister species and not colour morphs of the same species as some"
"lesser and greater flamingo in the world” and a site of international importance. Among the wild life species noted in the sanctuary are 165 bird species. Other species of wild life are also reported, though of limited numbers. The bird sanctuary has about 165 species of birds; the lesser and greater flamingos, great white pelican ""(Pelecanus onocrotalus)"" and pink-backed pelican ""(Pelecanus rufescens)"" are the most dominant species, they arrive annually in large numbers as part of their migration during the winter season. Some of the other notable bird species recorded are: avocet, blackwinged stilt ""(Himantopus himantopus)"", blacksmith lapwing ""(Vanellus armatus)"","
"Plectrophenax Plectrophenax is a small genus of passerine birds of the longspur family Calcariidae. The genus name ""Plectrophenax"" is from Ancient Greek ""plektron"", ""cock’s spur"", and ""phenax"" ""imposter"". It has two members, which may be conspecific. They are high Arctic breeding seed-eating birds with stubby, conical bills, and much white in the plumage, especially in adult males. They nest in rock crevices. As would be expected, both species are highly migratory, wintering in more temperate areas. The plumages are similar, but McKay's has more white and less black in the plumage, especially in the wings and tail. Adult breeding males"
"Falconiformes. The Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy has placed it together with the other diurnal raptors in a greatly enlarged Ciconiiformes, but this results in an unnatural paraphyletic classification. The osprey is unusual in that it is a single living species that occurs nearly worldwide. Even the few subspecies are not unequivocally separable. There are four generally recognised subspecies, although differences are small, and ITIS lists only the first two. To date there have been two extinct species named from the fossil record. ""Pandion homalopteron"" was named by Stuart L. Warter in 1976 from fossils of Middle Miocene, Barstovian age, found in marine"